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| Stevemarble |
So i ve been getting into my production quite heavily over the past year. Now i know that each person has a different approach and thats all well and good but i am interested...
When i am planning a track, or even each particular sound, i origionally form the sound in my mind. I then record a vocal (not just singing but imitating the tones/effects of instruments etc) to remind me of the exact sound i am after. I then proceed to attempt to create that sound. This is pretty much a trial and error stage where i search for a similar sound then try and tweak them to get what i am after.
As i am sure you are aware, there is a problem with this method. Tweaking the sound to my preformed image can be very difficult, and even after days it still might not "feel right".
I think that this method is a tougher road that just fiddling around until you come across something you like and using it. However, i have a very defined image of the particular sounds i am after for my tracks.
So i am interested in what processes you out there adopt and am wondering whether others take the above approach. if you have, what important lessons have you learned?
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| echosystm |
I've learned to stop thinking and just do it.
...do you follow? ;) |
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| derail |
If you spend enough time with each of your synths you'll become very familiar with their sound and what they're able to do. Tweak the parameters and learn how to push the sounds towards what pleases your ears.
Sometimes I'll go fishing for sounds and see what comes up. But most of the time I have a pretty clear vision of the sound I'm looking for and which synth I'm going to turn to to find it.
The more you become familiar with the tools you have at your disposal, the faster you'll be able to turn the sound in your head into sound coming through your speakers/ headphones. |
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| lenieNt Force |
| quote: | Originally posted by echosystm
I've learned to stop thinking and just do it.
...do you follow? ;) |
I absolutely follow you on that one ;) I've learned the exact same thing.. And you make much faster progress on ur tracks if you just stop thinking when you get an idea and just do it right away instead. Cuz I'm the kinda person that got ideas poppin up every microsecond so if you were to think heavily on each one you wouldnt get anywhere.... So every time I catch myself thinking too much on something... "hmm should I do this now or this or this or this or should I just listen some more on what I've already created...." I pinch myself in the arm and just freakin do something instead.
Sometimes you can get totally paralysed by all the ideas comin to mind at the same time if you know what I mean... |
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| Stevemarble |
My opinion.
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| System101 |
| I start off with 1 idea, do that to my liking, then feed off of that... this way i think the track naturally builds itself with sounds that compliment each other. |
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| camsr |
| find a sound that inspires me to use in a whole track. if theres one element of the track thats awesome i will build around it. |
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| jupiterone |
| I just smoke a lot of weed, watch sci-fi movies and jump on into Ableton. Rinse and repeat. :p |
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| babablacksheep |
hi steve,
your technique is an interesting one, it seems rather cumbersome, but if you enjoy doing it that way....ok, keep on!
for me, it's difficult to come up with things from scratch...usually there is a motivating force behind my music. inspiration comes in many forms, but often times listening to good music will get me in the mood to produce something and the process of writing a track just flows; as others have already stated, i dont think so much, just do.
i dont know how long you've been producing, but overtime i think you will adopt a method which allows your ideas to come out fluently...i think it's just a matter of being familiar with your equipment. good luck.
blacky |
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| kitphillips |
| I like to start with a hook, then develop it then find at least one or two more, sometimes that means pulling stuff out of older songs and re interpreting it (sort of self sampling). |
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| Project-K |
| I used to write down ideas at first. Then I reached a point where I was so familiar with my equipment that I could just sit down and the music would create itself like magic. |
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| Mr.Mystery |
| The less I think and analyze the more I get ideas. I'm always getting my best ideas when hung over because I can't really think about anything. It's weird. Well, it works now that I know my production tools inside out, before that the end result used to be garbage :p |
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